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Why hypothesis and significance tests ask the wrong questions

By Rob Herbert, Neuroscience Research Australia

Empirical science needs data. But all data are subject to random variation, and random variation obscures patterns in data. So statistical methods are used to make inferences about the true patterns or…

Explainer: what is obstructive sleep apnoea?

By Danny Eckert, Neuroscience Research Australia

Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a common sleep-related breathing disorder, where the upper airway repeatedly collapses during sleep. During an obstructive breathing event, someone with OSA continues…

Explainer: what is Parkinson’s disease?

By Claire Stevens, Neuroscience Research Australia

Parkinson’s disease was not always known by this name. Almost 200 years ago in 1817, when English doctor James Parkinson first described the disease, he called it Shaking Palsy. But Parkinson’s disease…

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